News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-22

circumference.
Rev. P. B. Fisk, wife and daught-
er, of Mount Dora, Florida, are visit
ing at Fl. c. Fisk's.
Mrs. G.. E. Young, of Brooklyn,
n. Y, has been visiting with her SIS
ter, Mrs. Carroll Harris.
Miss Ellen Cram, of Wolcott, has
been visiting her uncle, Hiram Small,
and Other friends in town.
W. S. Cheney and wife started for
the White Mountains to-day. They
expect to visit Mt. Washington on the
trip.
Mr.. H. Stone and wife, of St. Lou
is are visiting at F. B. Livingston's.
Mr.. Stone is a relative of Mrs. Liv-
ingston.
The young ladies' Reading Club
will meet with Miss Kate Healey next
Monday evening, and all are invited
to attend.
The children of the Universalist
society have in preparation an oper-
eta, which they hope to present the
first week in October.
Miss Eva Darling has returned
from her visit to Montpelier and Vi
cinity, being accompanied by her
consin, Miss Virgins.
Remember the picnic of the o. E.
s. on the camp-ground Saturday. A
large delegation is expected from
Wolcott and Eden.
Leander Laraway brings in a pota-
to Early Rose) weighing three lbs.
and two ounces. He certainly has no
reason to talk about poor yield.
Mrs. L. B. Boynton, Mrs. NJ. B.
F. Reed, Miss Eula Reed, Miss Molly
Moody and S. H. Tiff and family
started for New York Monday morn
ing.
The Academy boys went TO John
son Saturday and played a match
game of ball with the Normals, COM
ing off victorious, with a score of 81
to II.
Hiram A. Earle, of Chicago, well
known to many in this vicinity, has
recently been promoted to Sergeant
of the Human street police station of
that city.
A. A. Webster has bought the R.
L. Town place at Cady's Falls and
has moved there. Charles Hutchins
has moved into the house vacated by
Webster.
The old Vermont Mutual comes out
with an assessment of 1-2 per cent,
the largest in its history, caused by
heavy losses at South Royalton and
elsewhere.
The ladies' circle of the Universal
list society will meet with Miss Mary
Boutwell, Friday afternoon of this
week, instead of to-day, as notice was
first given.
The students of the Academy held
the first lyceum of the term Friday
evening, and decided that the South
did not furnish as good generals as
the North in the late unpleasantness,
The engine company was out again
last week and gave the new machine a
thorough trial. The boys were much
pleased with her work, she doing
about everything that was asked of
her. The stream was thrown from
the Potash brook. =
The Forest and Stream Publishing
Co., of New York, announce for pub
LEGATION ''Uncle 'Lisha's Shop, or Life
in Corner of Yankeeland," by Row
land Z. Robinson. The dialect and
faithful portraiture of Green Noun
tain characters are said to be very fe-
licitous.
Charlie Town will wear a police
mans badge at the coming Fair. That
settles it. Any man, either drunk or
sober, taking look at Charles face,
will 60 into sack-cloth and ashes in
stantly. BY the way, Charlie will put
up teams during the fair for % cents
a feed.
On Wednesday, the second day OF
the fair, at 10 a. M, there will be
played on the Fair Grounds game of
base ball between the ''Picked Nine, -
of Morrisville, and the ''Lone Stars, -
of Cambridge. They have met be-
fore and the game will be lively and
exciting.
William Barney presented US a few
days since with an old fashioned reel
and fish line which he asserts bears
the following history: In August,
1868, Chester A. Arthur and Judge
Fullington came to the camp occupied
by Barney and Freeman F. Brown in
the Adirondacks. Mr.. Barney say
that all of the party were successful
except Mr.. Arthur, who did not sue
coed in getting any fish. The rec
and line used by him have been in Mr.
Barney's possession since that time
They are now in ours.
At the meeting held at the office O
Hendee & Fisk Saturday evening, i
was decided to ascertain how many
season tickets would be taken by th'
citizens of Morrisville for a course o
| six lectures and concerts by frst-clas
| talent at one dollar for the course.
is hoped that the citizens will respont
literally. Don't delay with the idei
that you can purchase your tickets il
the future. 1t costs money to Obtain
| first-class entertainments, and unles
good number of tickets are taken OF
the start, the enterprise must fail.
At Montpelier, September 16, BY
Grand Patron VIM. G. McCIintock
assisted by Mrs. F. E. Haviland, q
NJ, Mrs. Emma r. Foster, Assoc. G
c., Mrs. Esther Fitch, Mrs. w. G
McClintock and Miss Nell Fitch, Rob
Morris Chapter No. "a, o. f. S., wa:
organized, with So charter members
James E. Curran, w. P; Mrs. Jen
ME B. Webster, w. M. /; Mrs. Fan
ME r. Wheatley, Assoc. M. Th,
members of the order may well fee
proud of this new chapter, we think
as it is composed of some of the frs
and highest Masons and their wives
in Vermont.
The Lamoille County Sabbati
School Convention opened at II a
m. Tuesday, in the Congregations
church at this place, with good atten
dance, ready programme, earnes
add esses and appreciative listening